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We're ready to start the New Year with a bang, and it has nothing to do with fireworks, watching the ball drop or even the Rose Bowl game featuring Florida State and Oregon.

We're kicking off a healthy New Year with a walk starting at 11 a.m. at Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park long the Big Pine Trail on New Year's Day. This walk is being led by park staff, but we're urging Move.Tallahassee.com folks to join in.

The trail takes less than an hour to walk and offers views of Lake Hall.

The walk is free, but there is a park entrance fee: $4 for a single passenger in a car; $6 for single vehicles with up to 8 people; $2 per person over that.

The walk we did earlier this year at Maclay was one of our highlights of the year, drawing more than 200 people and lots of compliments for the beauty of the park and the courtesy of the staff.

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Our Move walk earlier this year at Maclay Gardens was one of our more popular of the year.(Photo: Bob Gabordi/Tallahassee Democrat)

There is plenty of time to sleep off the New Year's Eve party and get to the park for this walk. And plenty of time to get home – or wherever you are headed – for the 5 p.m. kick off of the national semifinals football game on ESPN.

Go Noles! But come Move with us first.

Then on Saturday, Move.Tallahassee.com will partner with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare for the kickoff of the TMH for Life Challenge, which will feature quarterly events throughout the year.

This event is at TMH, 1300 Miccosukee Road (on the corner of Medical Drive and Surgeons Drive). Free parking is available at the TMH staff parking lot on Surgeons Drive.

Included at this first event: a 1-mile Fun Walk, a 5K run (or walk – up to you), and free health screenings.

There is a $10 fee for the 5K for adults (18 and older), but all other aspects of the event are free. On-site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Warm up is at 8:15 a.m. with the 1-mile walk beginning at 8:30 a.m. The 5K kicks off at 9 a.m. Health screenings are available starting at 9 a.m.

You can also register in advance at TMH.org/challenge. Packet pick up in advance is at Premier Health & Fitness, 3521 Maclay Blvd., between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday.

The purpose of the TMH for Life Challenge is to help create the healthiest community in the nation. That's what Move.Tallahassee.com is about as well, and getting to know our community and each other better.

Medical and fitness professionals will be out for the health screenings and provide resources and information for you to help you get active and eat healthier.

We hope you'll join us for these two great events – and get off to a great start in keeping your New Year's resolutions to get healthier in 2015.

Since their founding in 1905, Rotary Clubs have stood for helping to create healthy communities. Rotary has focused on a wide range of health issues – from eradicating polio throughout the world to current efforts to improve prenatal and post-natal care of mothers and children in Haiti.

On Saturday, Dec. 13, Move.Tallahassee.com will join with local Rotary Clubs to support Healthy Living through Rotary Day at Tom Brown Park.

I've mapped out a 3.1-mile Move.Tallahassee.com walk – with a one-mile extension for the ambitious – to begin the day at 8 a.m. The walk will begin and end at Rotary Centennial Playground, which was built with funding from the Rotary Club.

It is fitting that the walk will start at and stop at the playground, which was dedicated in 2005 as a service project of local Rotarians celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rotary's founding. The playground is an example of the right way to build a fun and accessible place for children of all abilities to interact and play together.

In mapping out this walk, I've gone to the park several times to try different paths. Each time, the playground has been filled with children and their families – getting out and exercising, having fun the old-fashioned way without electronics or video games of any sort.

As always, Move walkers, show up early for the group photo. We'll start at 8 a.m. sharp. We had close to 100 people out for our walk at the Fern Trail last week and we expect more for this walk.

The path takes walkers through some of the most – and least – used areas of the park, never crossing a major road, passing some of the most spectacular vistas in the city. By the way, I think the beauty of Tom Brown Park is underestimated. If you use its trails and off-road areas, I think you understand what I mean. We'll see some of that on Saturday.

I've mapped out several courses, but like this one best. It has an extra slice in case some people want more than 3.1 miles.(Photo: Apple map)
To keep up with this walk and other Move.Tallahassee.com activities, go to the website and register and you'll automatically get our emails. You can also like Move.Tallahassee.com on Facebook to keep up with what we are doing.

Healthy Living day will continue after the walk until noon with health screenings, information on nutrition, yoga instruction and other healthy activities for parents in partnership with other local organizations, including Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Capital Health Plan, the American Red Cross Capital Chapter, Leon County Health Department, CVS Health and Minute Clinic, and other health-related groups.

Rotarians from several local clubs have been meeting for months to plan this event and are hoping for a big turnout by Move walkers and the public.

On the same day as the Rotary Healthy Living Day, the Tallahassee Democrat will have its annual Blanket Day from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in our parking lot at 277 N. Magnolia Drive.

On that day, we'll load up a big truck from Second Harvest of the Big Bend with new and gently used blankets and non-perishable food items for Second Harvest and the Christmas Connection. We'll also accept cash donations for the organizations.

We'll have doughnuts and coffee while supplies last and several of our staff members will be out there if you care to come by to say hello.

If you can't come by our lot on Dec. 13, we're accepting donations now in our lobby and we'll make sure your gifts are loaded onto the truck.

I'll come by Blanket Day after the Move.Tallahassee.com walk with Rotary and I'm negotiating with Hazel, my celebrity chocolate lab dog, to have her make a guest appearance, as she does most years. She's asking for extra doggie cookie treats this year. I think her star status is going to her head.

Since their founding in 1905, Rotary Clubs have stood for helping to create healthy communities. Rotary has focused on a wide range of health issues – from eradicating polio throughout the world to current efforts to improve prenatal and post-natal care of mothers and children in Haiti.

On Saturday, Dec. 13, Move.Tallahassee.com will join with local Rotary Clubs to support Healthy Living through Rotary Day at Tom Brown Park.

I've mapped out a 3.1-mile Move.Tallahassee.com walk – with a one-mile extension for the ambitious – to begin the day at 8 a.m. The walk will begin and end at Rotary Centennial Playground, which was built with funding from the Rotary Club.

It is fitting that the walk will start at and stop at the playground, which was dedicated in 2005 as a service project of local Rotarians celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rotary's founding. The playground is an example of the right way to build a fun and accessible place for children of all abilities to interact and play together.

In mapping out this walk, I've gone to the park several times to try different paths. Each time, the playground has been filled with children and their families – getting out and exercising, having fun the old-fashioned way without electronics or video games of any sort.

As always, Move walkers, show up early for the group photo. We'll start at 8 a.m. sharp. We had close to 100 people out for our walk at the Fern Trail last week and we expect more for this walk.

The path takes walkers through some of the most – and least – used areas of the park, never crossing a major road, passing some of the most spectacular vistas in the city. By the way, I think the beauty of Tom Brown Park is underestimated. If you use its trails and off-road areas, I think you understand what I mean. We'll see some of that on Saturday.

I've mapped out several courses, but like this one best. It has an extra slice in case some people want more than 3.1 miles.(Photo: Apple map)
To keep up with this walk and other Move.Tallahassee.com activities, go to the website and register and you'll automatically get our emails. You can also like Move.Tallahassee.com on Facebook to keep up with what we are doing.

Healthy Living day will continue after the walk until noon with health screenings, information on nutrition, yoga instruction and other healthy activities for parents in partnership with other local organizations, including Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Capital Health Plan, the American Red Cross Capital Chapter, Leon County Health Department, CVS Health and Minute Clinic, and other health-related groups.

Rotarians from several local clubs have been meeting for months to plan this event and are hoping for a big turnout by Move walkers and the public.

On the same day as the Rotary Healthy Living Day, the Tallahassee Democrat will have its annual Blanket Day from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in our parking lot at 277 N. Magnolia Drive.

On that day, we'll load up a big truck from Second Harvest of the Big Bend with new and gently used blankets and non-perishable food items for Second Harvest and the Christmas Connection. We'll also accept cash donations for the organizations.

We'll have doughnuts and coffee while supplies last and several of our staff members will be out there if you care to come by to say hello.

If you can't come by our lot on Dec. 13, we're accepting donations now in our lobby and we'll make sure your gifts are loaded onto the truck.

I'll come by Blanket Day after the Move.Tallahassee.com walk with Rotary and I'm negotiating with Hazel, my celebrity chocolate lab dog, to have her make a guest appearance, as she does most years. She's asking for extra doggie cookie treats this year. I think her star status is going to her head.

Jacoria Borders is a young woman trying to make a difference on the Florida A&M University campus.

In September, we outlined her plans as Student Government Association surgeon general for Get Fit FAMU, an effort to get the university and larger community focused on improved health. Part of the plan includes getting up and exercising.

So it only seems natural for Move.Tallahassee.com to partner with her. On Monday, in a rare weekday event for Move, we'll do exactly that – the second Move event in two days.

Borders and Get Fit FAMU and other campus organizations are helping to put on a day-long event marking World Aids Day. We'll join them at 3 p.m. for a Move.Tallahassee.com walk around the FAMU loop.

We won't be alone.

Local and state health officials will also be on hand and activities will include free screenings, blood pressure checks, music and free food. We also be joined by students, faculty and administrators from FAMU and – my favorite part – children from the New Beginnings Preschool program.

After our walk – expected to last one hour and go about 3.5 miles – you can stay for face painting and Zumba, if you wish. A candlelight vigil will follow at 5:45 p.m.

For a lot of our regulars, a 3 p.m. start on a weekday is a tough time. But we hope as many of you as possible can join us.

We're also walking at 4 p.m. Sunday starting at Governor's Park and going along the Fern Trail. This is a very natural path through the woods and we'll go to Tom Brown, a walk of 5 miles or more. We've not done the full route yet so we're not quite sure of the distance.

We did part of this route over the summer and promised to return to complete it.

As a reminder, this is rated an intermediate course, so expect to get a workout. As always, we encourage walkers to move at your own pace and not be worried about shortening the distance by turning back early. For more on this walk, see my previous blog at this link.

For newcomers, as always, we have a Move.Tallahassee.com T-shirt as a welcome gift after you complete your first walk. You'll also get to meet Royal Shepherd, our new Move health & fitness reporter and 2011 graduate of FAMU.

If you've not been to Governor's Park, it is under the overpass on Blair Stone Road, between Mahan Drive and Park Avenue. It is not well marked, so you have to be looking for it.

Two walks in back-to-back days: good ways to walk off the extra stuffing and seconds on the pumpkin pie.

This Saturday, across the country, thousands of people will gather in
their communities to do something that comes so natural: making a
difference in others' lives.

Make a Difference Day
was created by USA WEEKEND, a Gannett publication that appears in the
Sunday Tallahassee Democrat and 600 other newspapers across America,
more than 20 years ago. In collaboration with Points of Light, it is
held the fourth Saturday in October each year.

This year, Move.Tallahassee.com,
the Tallahassee Democrat, the city of Tallahassee and the United Way of
the Big Bend are joining forces to host a Fitness Fair Block Party in
South City at the Greater Love Church of Christ in God, 524 E. Orange
Ave.

We'll begin with a Move.Tallahassee.com walk starting at the
church at 8:30 a.m. We're planning about 3 miles, looping around a path
we've mapped out.

Then at 9:30 a.m. – more or less depending on the speed of our walkers - the fitness fair begins.

Leslie
Smith, marketing manager at the Tallahassee Democrat, who has helped
organize the fair, says there will be "food, fun and lots of activities
to enjoy, all with a fitness twist. This day is to get up and get
moving and get healthy."

Pink Move Logo(Photo: Move logio)

We'll
be joined by a group of Marines, the Florida State women's basketball
team and Girls on the Run, among many others. iGrow will be on hand to
provide tips on getting and staying healthy and to provide "bucket
gardens" for those who attend.

There will be many more family friendly activities during the morning.

For
those taking part in the Move walk, please be sure to wear your
Move.Tallahassee.com T-shirt and show up a little early for the team
photo. If you don't have one, we'll have a supply of T-shirts on hand
for those who complete the walk.

The
race is named for the long-time board member of the Capital Area
Chapter of the Red Cross, who died of cancer in 2010. The race is always
a poignant reminder of how this dreadful disease impacts so many in our
community every day.

Robin's husband and chairman of the board of
the local Red Cross chapter, Bob Lotane, was stricken by the
mosquito-borne West Nile virus. He is expected to fully recover.

The
race is at Tom Brown Park located off Easterwood Drive. Registration on
site will start at 3 p.m. A 1-mile fun run starts at 4 p.m. with the 5K
starting at 4:30 p.m.

Red Cross Race info(Photo: Red Cross)

It's
an open date on the Florida State football schedule and Florida A&M
is away at North Carolina A&T, with a 1 p.m. game start. So it's a
good weekend to get out and get moving. I hope you'll join us.

The idea of bringing Move.Tallahassee.com to our state parks, like most of the good ideas around our health & fitness and community connection initiative, bubbled up from our members.

Two weekends ago, we went to Wakulla Springs State Park for what was a wonderful opportunity to bring greater awareness to that ecological and recreational treasure. The walk itself was simply spectacular.

So we're going back into the parks. This weekend, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, we'll gather at the Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park for a 3.1-mile walk. We moved this week's walk to Sunday afternoon to avoid conflicting with the Clemson game at Doak Campbell.

In an e-mail, Park Manager Beth Weidner said she was excited to host a Move event.

"We're delighted to have your event scheduled. … This should be a fun way to introduce a lot of people to the park who may not have been here before, and to welcome some old friends as well," she said.

I'm finding there is more to Move.Tallahassee.com than just moving. The people who have joined us care about the community and are engaged in making it better.

Some of the more than 40 walkers - and one bike rider - on hand last Saturday for the Move.Tallahassee.com walk at Sweat Therapy. Wearing the Superman shirt is Extreme Weight Loss celebrity Rod Durham. He put on a Move shirt after the walk.(Photo: Special to the Tallahassee Democrat)

Last Saturday, for example, about 40 people showed up for our walk at Sweat Therapy on Thomasville Road. I asked them to help me make the CROP Walk a success this year and offered brown paper bags to anyone wishing to fill it up with canned goods.

The CROP Walk is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at Lake Ella. Learn more about the CROP Walk at this link: http://hunger.cwsglobal.org/site/TR?fr_id=19602&pg=entry. The walk actually starts at 2 p.m., but the program begins at 1:30 p.m. It is raising food supplies for ECHO and the Lunch Program at The Shelter.

ECHO, of course, is the Emergency Care Help Organization, which was founded by local churches to provide essential services to individuals and families in need in Leon County. Learn more about ECHO on this link: http://echotlh.org/

Move.Tallahassee.com walkers are gathering goods for the CROP Walk Oct. 5 and dropping them off at the Tallahassee Democrat lobby, 277 N. Magnolia Drive. You can, too.(Photo: Special to the Tallahassee Democrat)

When I was asked to lead this year's walk around Lake Ella, I knew the Move.Tallahassee.com crowd would want to help. So we are going to designate the CROP Walk as a Move.Tallahassee.com and I'm urging all to join in.

This weekend at Maclay should be a special Move.Tallahassee.com event, too. Move walkers won't be charged an admission at the gate. Just tell the Ranger you are there for the Move walk.

We'll accept donations afterwards to cover our costs, and we'll also accept canned goods for the CROP Walk. We're also organizing a picnic and "get-to-know you" session at the pavilion following the walk.

Every week, we attract new people to our walks and grow the number of followers on our Move.Tallahassee.com site and on our Facebook page. But we're looking to get even more people involved in our fitness efforts and in our community.

We urge you to sign up on the Move.Tallahassee.com site to ensure you get the latest information about our events and to like us on Facebook, too.

How to find Maclay Gardens State Park(Photo: Apple Map)

Then all you have to do is show up at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Maclay Gardens State Park. And bring a friend because we are having a great time and making a difference in our community.

How to get to Maclay Gardens State Park

The park entrance is off of Maclay Road. Coming north on Thomasville Road, turn left at the intersection with Maclay Road, opposite Killarney Way. Signs for the park are visible a short distance from the intersection on the right.

Maclay Road is also accessible from N. Meridian Road at the intersection with Maclay School.

Be sure to help Move.Tallahassee.com turn the town pink for breast cancer awareness Oct. 2(Photo: Move logo)

After weeks of heading south and west, Move.Tallahassee.com is headed northeast for the next two weeks.

On Saturday, we're partnering with Sweat Therapy, starting at their new location at 6265 Old Water Oak Road off of Thomasville Road. It is about halfway between Kerry Forrest Parkway and Bannerman Road. If you get to Bannerman and you are headed north, you've gone too far.

We start at 8:30 a.m. and we'll meet up with an exercise group from Sweat Therapy. The route is a nice and flat 4.45-mile roadway that does a loop and comes back to where we started. I've included a Google map of the route and an Apple map for directions to where we are starting.

This is where we are starting the walk Saturday with Sweat Therapy(Photo: Apple map)

Then, it's on to Maclay Gardens State Park at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, for what promises to be one of our best walks of the year, though it would be hard to top last week's Wakulla Springs walk.

You'll hear much more about this, but the basics are this: Get to the park – which is located near the intersection of Maclay Road and Thomasville Road – between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. You'll enter for free, although Move.Tallahassee.com will accept donations to cover costs.

Afterwards, we have reserved the picnic pavilion and plan a little get-together.

We offer much appreciation to the Park Service and Park Manager Beth Weidner for helping to make this happen. Our goals at Move.Tallahassee.com are not just about health and fitness, but also getting more people involved in the community, helping people learn more about the special places in the community and providing opportunities for people to meet.

Move goes pink(Photo: Move logo)

We have provided greater exposure to our beautiful city and county parks, public art and, of late, our great state parks.

A few more up and coming events we want you to make note of:

Move.Tallahassee.com is urging people to sign up and take part in the Florida A&M University Presidential Inauguration 5K Run, Walk and Stroll on Sept. 28. This looks to be a great event to help honor incoming President Elmira Mangum. It starts at 4 p.m. at Bragg Stadium and will end at Cascades Park with a concert by the FAMU Jazz Band. Entrance fee is a donation of new/unused maternity and infant clothing, nursery and layette items. Donations will go to the Stork's Nest Tallahassee. For more information, go to this link: http://talgov.com/Uploads/Public/Documents/parks/Cascades/5KRunRegistrationForm.pdf

Go Pink! 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run is 8 a.m. on Oct. 11 in the Market District area of Tallahassee. The second annual run is to raise awareness and support the Joanna Francis Living Well Foundation in its support of breast cancer patients with school-aged children. To register for the race – which I have already done – please go to this link: https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/?raceId=11801

The American Cancer Society's annual Making Strides against Breast Cancer is 1 p.m. Sunday Oct. 19 at Cascades Park. This is one of the great events and causes each year, and we urge you to come out for this event. For more information, go to this link: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=62535

Which is why I'm pleased to tell you that Move.Tallahassee.com will walk at Wakulla Springs at 8 a.m. Saturday. I hope you'll join us. But I need to warn you: You'll want to want to go back over and over again.

Plan on walking about four miles. It is a very natural trail, so be sure to bring bug spray and extra water.

I have been to Wakulla Springs dozens of times. It is one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world. It is famous for being the site of Hollywood movies, such as "Tarzan," "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "Airport '77."

The diversity of its natural inhabitants is amazing. The water temperature stays a constant 68 to 70 degrees year-round.

It is a must-see for journalists I've hosted from around the world. In many cases, it becomes the thing they most remember about America. For some, it changes their view of us.

"If America can set aside a place like this and protect it, it must care about the environment and the world," one said.

The Park Service has offered Move.Tallahasse.com a special group rate of $1 per person to get into the park. Move will cover the fee, but we'll accept donations to defray costs. The Ranger will give you a receipt for tracking purposes. Just tell her or him you are there for the Move.Tallahassee.com walk.

• Bear left onto Route 61, which is also Wakulla Springs Road, and stay on it for 7.4 miles.

• Turn left onto Bloxham Cutoff Road. The park entrance will then be visible on your right, about 0.1 of a mile away.

A group of Movers is talking about carpooling. If you decide to do that, you may use the Tallahassee Democrat, 277 N. Magnolia Drive, as your meeting point and park the extra cars there. Please park on the side of the building.

If you are considering that or need someone to lead the way, post to the Move.Tallahassee.com site or on our Facebook page.

The Apple map with this blog gives directions from the Democrat's office.

I want to thank the Park Service and especially Park Manager Peter J. Scalco for helping to make this week's Move walk happen so quickly. I sent an email over the weekend and received a telephone call on Tuesday to work through the details.

In an email, later that day Scalco said: "I checked into it, and everyone likes the idea of supporting healthy outdoor recreation while exposing folks to their wonderful local State Parks."

There is no charge for the run, and you may walk if you prefer. The race begins at Premier at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11. For questions, contact the race director at angela.glenn@tmh.org.

Also, join Move.Tallahassee.com members and walkers Gregg and Morgan Patterson, who walked the 500-mile El Camino over the summer – and blogged about it on Tallahassee.com – for a special showing of Walking the Camino, a film about looks at how the trek has changed walkers' lives.

The film will be shown at All Saints Cinema at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 and 2 p.m. Sept. 21. Email reservations@tallahasseefilms.com to reserve your spot. The cost is $8 for general admissions; $5 for members and students.

I had never heard of the Fern Trail, and only knew about Governor's Park because City Commissioner Scott Maddox described as we walked along Blair Stone Road on a previous Move.Tallahassee.com.

I found the trail - more or less - on a walk Tuesday during a break from election coverage. It is magnificent.

On Saturday, we'll bring Move.Tallahassee.com walkers to Governor's Park and Fern Trail for a walk starting at 8 a.m. The dot on the Apple map with this blog shows the entrance and parking for the park. The park entrance is an unmarked, partially paved road that winds under the overpass to the opening of the park, a 200-acre grassy green way with only a few clusters of trees.

I say I more or less found the trail because when I got to the park I went the wrong way, doubled back and found the trail, then lost it again. I'll try to do better on Saturday morning.

I took a few photos during my walk on Tuesday, mainly to impress you with the beauty of trail and to help you locate it. It's gets really woodsy on the trail, reminding me a little of the Lake Overstreet- Forrest Meadows trail. So make sure you bring bug spray.

Although it poor shape, the park still contains a house built by former land owner and businessman Hyman Myers. I don't know much about him, except for what Maddox told me and what shows up on the localwiki site. Here is a link to that site, which also contains a good map.

Part of the Fern Trail near Governor's Park(Photo: Bob Gabordi/Tallahassee Democrat)

Another pretty good description of the park and Myers' house shows up on a site called Florida Fringe Tourism, which assigns some kind of mystery and adventure to the house, which was turned over to the city of Tallahassee in 1996. Here is a link to that site.

Here's an excerpt from that site:

"f you're ever in the Tallahassee area, this lesser known park is a must-see. Take a picnic lunch, and spend the day wondering about the mysteries of the mansion."

I've wanted to explore that area since Maddox told us about it on the previous Move walk. After our very successful walk on the Florida State campus last week, I asked Move followers on Facebook where we should go this weekend. Part of our goal is learning more about our community.

Facebook friend and runner Nancy Stedman suggested the Fern Trail at Governor's Park and I recalled wanting to go there. So I went to check it out.

As always, updates the day of the walk will be posted on Move.Tallahassee.com and on our Facebook page in the case of bad weather. We walk in a light rain, but not if there is lightning. I urge you to register on Move.Tallahassee.com so you can get our emails and use our social networking tools to meet people who enjoy walking and exercising. Here is the link to the site. Also, please go to our Facebook page to like it on this link.

We'll give away Move.Tallahassee.com T-shirts and other swag after the walk.

So join us, and Move with us on Saturday. You'll be glad you did when the Seminoles take to the field and the food and drink begin to flow. Go 'Noles.

Welcome back, students and Move.Tallahassee.com walkers. Let's get moving.

Move.Tallahassee.com is the social networking site in Tallahassee that will help keep you fit and healthy. It is part of the Tallahassee.com network. Thousands of people have signed onto the site and liked it on Facebook.

We're planning a walk of about 3.5 miles at starting 8 a.m. Saturday beginning from the visitor's parking area at Doak Campbell Stadium. That's the parking area near the entrance to the "Unconquered" statue.

We'd love to have you join the site and like us on Facebook, but more importantly, we want you to join us for this walk.

The date of the walk is part of the move-in weekend on campus, and it's a great way to get to know the campus. But, because of the traffic, we will be sure to stay on the sidewalks, cross with the light and obey all traffic signals. We have worked closely with Florida State University police to ensure a safe walk, and they have been very helpful.

Updates the day of the walk will be posted on Tallahassee.com and Move.Tallahassee.com and on our Facebook page in the case of bad weather. We walk in a light rain, but not if there is lightning.

We'll give away Move.Tallahassee.com T-shirts and other swag after the walk.